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Free Press Staff Report

Outfielders Boog Powell and B.J. Boyd of the Vermont Lake Monsters are co-winners of the 2013 Tom Racine Award - symbolic of the Most Valuable Player in the eyes of the fans.

Publisher Jim Fogler of the Burlington Free Press, which has sponsored the MVP award for 18 years, made the announcement before the minor league baseball game with the Staten Island Yankees on Labor Day evening.

Boyd and Powell were first or second throughout the season in most of the offensive categories, including batting average, onbase percentage, hits, runs, walks, stolen bases, at-bats and games played for the ...